Too soon for mating?

[Canadian Wind]

Such a pretty girl! Is that a muscovy? If so will she mate with that drake? We have muscovy and Cayuga's. The Cayuga's breed our girls but they have never produced offspring. We have a male muscovy and that is what is hatched. I've seen a video explaining that muscovy hens can in fact select if they want to allow the male breeding to take or not. It's very interesting.

The percentage of eggs that would be fertilized in a muscovy/mallard mating is low, and any offspring it does produce are infertile and referred to as mulards, or mules.

 

[ProudRedneck]

Well sometimes females can outmaneuver a drake but not usually. Unless they can fly.
Sure sounds like your female is ready for mating I have never seen any of my female Muscovy and I have had them since 2004 ever lay down for their drake. My Runners do it for their drake. What they usually do is play hard to get so the drake has to run them down. Then mating takes place.

I'll try to get a video next time. I thought I recorded it two days ago but afterwards saw I only took a photo

 

[ProudRedneck]

The percentage of eggs that would be fertilized in a muscovy/mallard mating is low, and any offspring it does produce are infertile and referred to as mulards, or mules.

This
More specifically though....

Muscovy (M) + Mallard descendant (F) = Mulards/Mules (sterile)

Muscovy (F) + Mallard descendant (M) = Hinnies (sterile)

 

[ProudRedneck]

Such a pretty girl! Is that a muscovy? If so will she mate with that drake? We have muscovy and Cayuga's. The Cayuga's breed our girls but they have never produced offspring. We have a male muscovy and that is what is hatched. I've seen a video explaining that muscovy hens can in fact select if they want to allow the male breeding to take or not. It's very interesting.

Yes she is my Scovy girl (on right) and she is definitely allowing him to mount and mate. Now if she is allowing him to go down the right "canal" I don't know.

 

[Canadian Wind]

This
More specifically though....

Muscovy (M) + Mallard descendant (F) = Mulards/Mules (sterile)

Muscovy (F) + Mallard descendant (M) = Hinnies (sterile)

It's interesting how the result of the mating changes depending on which is the male and which is the female.

 

[ProudRedneck]

@Miss Lydia, here's the video I promised showing Daffy most definitely offering herself to Daisy Daisy's victory lap always kills me

 

[ProudRedneck]

@Miss Lydia here's Daffy when she says No!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Way to go Daffy!! is that her egg floating in the pool? They are beautiful

 

[Canadian Wind]

I think that's a rubber ducky that capsized!

Wow, that is a big drake!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sure is a big drake I didn't know they were that large. Good comparison.